Music

Program Dates June 05, 2017 - July 08, 2017

Open Space: Opera in the 21st Century

Open Space is a one-of-a-kind performance-based collaborative training experience for emerging opera singers and administrators that truly challenges the conven

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Rolston String Quartet

2016 Banff International String Quartet Competition announces First Prize Laureate

The Rolston String Quartet (Canada) wins First Prize at the 12th Banff International String Quartet Competition.

Vijay Iyer, 2016

Banff's Jazz Workshop Is a Party and Vijay Iyer Is the Ultimate Host

Vijay Iyer, musician and Artistic Director of the Banff International Workshop for Jazz and Creative Music, says directing the program is like hosting a really

Program Dates March 02, 2020 - March 21, 2020

Banff International Songwriter Residency

Deepen your artistic practice while being supported by award-winning singer-songwriters and world-class recording engineers in this 20-day residency.

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Instrument Bank

Banff International String Quartet Competition announces 2016 quartets

Forty extraordinary musicians from around the world will take to the stage this summer to compete at the 12th Banff International String Quartet Competition (BI

'Digital Luthier' Alex Burton on Designing the Instrument of the Future

In a dark musician's studio on Banff Centre campus, the Montreal-based artist and his creative partner Julien Roy have spent weeks trying to hack together the m

Music and Sound, The Banff Centre, 2014

Claire Chase and Steven Schick appointed Co-Artistic Directors of Summer Classical Music

Banff Centre is proud to announce the appointment of Claire Chase and Steven Schick as Co-Artistic Directors of Summer Classical Music at Banff Centre commencin

This Sound Artist Makes Music Without Notes

Jess Rowland is a composer and sound artist with a day job in a neuroscience lab. She investigates what we hear and how we understand it.

How Juno + Grammy Winner Shawn Everett Shaped Alabama Shakes' Album

A few years ago, he was putting microphones in trashcans at Banff Centre. Then he won a Grammy. And a Juno. Shawn Everett spills on the secrets of sound enginee

This Duo Wants to Put Classical Music Back in Your Living Room

Nicoletta Favari and Christopher Salvito are worried new classical music is dying before it's even been heard, so they're going online to fix it.

Catching Up With Our BISQC Laureates

Our laureates continue to receive landmark recognitions well after their time at BISQC. This month, we caught up with three of our laureate quartets on their re

Tom Wilson

In this episode, a conversation with Canadian singer/songwriter Tom Wilson.

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